Starting in 2014, Brazilian politics was shaken up by the lava jato (LJ) operation, a law-centered anticorruption initiative. LJ unveiled a large corruption scheme in Brazil's national oil company Petrobras, which involved Petrobras directors, political party officials, and large construction companies. LJ was both disruptive and contentious. To some, it started a new chapter in Brazilian history, marked by greater respect for the “rule of law” and a collective “state of mind” concerned with “ending impunity” and building integrity in politics and businesses. To others, it contributed to undermining democracy and the rule of law, paving the way for an autocratic leader—the current Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. This article sheds further light on those discussions by looking at LJ as a site of “legal consciousness” production. Empirically, the article focuses on conversations generated by lead LJ prosecutors on a major social media platform (Facebook) from 2017 to 2019. Considering this body of data, the article addresses the question: “When prosecutors and ‘the people’ talked about LJ, what did they talk about?” My findings support the more skeptical views of the operation. The exchanges between LJ prosecutors and their Facebook followers supported the co-production of a cultural schema averse to the “rule of law.” These findings have implications for both legal consciousness and anticorruption research.

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关系法律意识和反腐败：Lava Jato、社交媒体互动和巴西法律贬损的共同生产（2017-2019）

从 2014 年开始，以法律为中心的反腐败倡议lava jato (LJ) 行动动摇了巴西政治。LJ揭露了巴西国家石油公司 Petrobras 的一项大型腐败计划，其中涉及 Petrobras 董事、政党官员和大型建筑公司。LJ具有破坏性和争议性。对一些人来说，它开启了巴西历史的新篇章，其标志是更加尊重“法治”和关注“结束有罪不罚”和在政治和商业中建立诚信的集体“心态”。对其他人来说，它破坏了民主和法治，为专制领导人——现任巴西总统雅伊尔·博尔索纳罗铺平了道路。本文通过将LJ视为“法律意识”生产的场所，进一步阐明了这些讨论。从经验上看，这篇文章侧重于由LJ领导产生的对话2017 年至 2019 年，主要社交媒体平台 (Facebook) 上的检察官。考虑到这些数据，文章提出了一个问题：“当检察官和‘人民’谈论LJ时，他们谈论了什么？” 我的发现支持了对这项行动的更持怀疑态度的观点。LJ 检察官与其 Facebook 追随者之间的交流支持共同产生一种反对“法治”的文化模式。这些发现对法律意识和反腐败研究都有影响。